An associate of the man accused of plotting to set off a “dirty” bomb in the United States is in custody in Pakistan, where the intelligence service is expanding a search for other suspects with help from FBI agents, officials said Wednesday. Full Story

Malaysian armed forces patrolling the northern tip of Borneo island are on high alert for Muslim rebels fleeing the Philippines after the deaths of two hostages, a senior military officer said on Monday. Full Story

By most accounts, the battle for Kapoeta was quick. The rebels massed outside town before dawn and moved in, overrunning the government`s defenses within a few hours. Full Story

The cross-platform Windows/Linux virus, which made headlines last week, has prompted a “zeitgeist of new interest” in Unix and Linux viruses. Antivirus experts say that the cross-platform skills of the Simile or Etap virus, which cropped up last week, “seem to have led to a renewed interest in *nix malware”. Full Story

Norway`s Ivar Aasen Centre of Language and Culture, which called for a hacker`s help after the creator of its database died without passing on his password, has succeeded in getting into the system. It took a 25 year-old Swedish hacker just five hours to work out that Reidar Djupedal, the creator of an electronic archive…

Significant destruction can be caused by employees, yet they continue to be overlooked as an IT security threat Employees continue to be overlooked as an IT security threat, despite the significant destruction they can cause, according to one white paper. Full Story

A conference on Managing Cyber Terrorism, part of a roundtable series on terrorism, will be held here on June 17. Aimed at creating awareness on the implications of terrorism in cyber space, the event will also address issues in the context of network, societal and national security. Full Story

Broke away from the PFLP-GC in mid-1970s. Later split again into pro-PLO, pro-Syrian, and pro-Libyan factions. Pro-PLO faction led by Muhammad Abbas (Abu Abbas), who became member of PLO Executive Committee in 1984 but left it in 1991. Full Story

The Historical Dictionary of Terrorism by Sean Anderson and Stephen Sloan provides a ready reference into the multifaceted topic of terrorism. The authors literally go through the breadth of terrorism from A to Z–including informative entries on groups, concepts, individuals. The work includes an extensive bibliography that is helpful in continuing research on the listed…

06/11/1970Libya – U.S. Bases Turned Over. Also known as Evacuation Day. 06/12/1898Philippines – Independence (from Spain) Day 06/12/1986South Africa – Second State of Emergency 06/13/1982Saudi Arabia – King Fahd Came To Power 06/13/1990Sri Lanka – LTTE Offensive Launched Full Story and More Dates

The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to use caution when traveling to Venezuela due to the unstable political environment and unpredictable security situation. U.S. citizens in Venezuela should consider their own personal security situations and take those measures they deem appropriate to ensure their well-being. Colombian terrorist groups continue to openly target U.S. citizens…

President Bush said Tuesday that Jose Padilla, the man arrested in an alleged plot to spread radioactive material across parts of America, is one of many “would-be killers” the United States has in custody. And there will be more, he promised. Full Story

The recipe for a “dirty bomb” is startlingly simple: conventional explosive laced with a radioactive component. And the radioactive material is not difficult to obtain. It has been smuggled out of Russia over the past few years by criminal gangs. Only last week six men were arrested in Lithuania trying to sell caesium 137 and…

In a matter of moments, Washington went from a place obsessed with past mistakes to a city anxious over future disasters. For a least a day, the public hand-wringing over intelligence failures that has consumed the capital for more than a month gave way to a more sobering discussion over how the government might respond…

“The poor man`s nuclear weapon,” radiological bombs have been called. A full-scale nuclear weapon, like the A-bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, could flatten an entire city. By contrast, a radiological bomb — made up of ordinary chemical explosives saturated with radioactive waste — wouldn`t necessarily significantly damage structures but could spray radioactivity over a…

Lacking the broad intelligence-gathering capabilities of federal officials – who announced the arrest yesterday of a suspected “dirty bomb” terrorist – Pennsylvania and New Jersey officials have kept a tight focus on their antiterrorism activities. Full Story

Al Qaeda terrorists reportedly planned to carry out an aerial suicide attack on the Houses of Parliament in London on Sept. 11, but were foiled when planes around the world were quickly grounded after the U.S. attacks. Full Story

The decision to term an American citizen an “enemy combatant” and place him under military custody after he was accused of conspiring with al Qaeda terrorists is an example of the administration`s inconsistent legal policy in the war on terrorism, some analysts say. Full Story

A judge on Tuesday kept the U.S. government`s freeze on the assets of a Chicago-area charity that was raided six months ago in the Bush administration`s drive to choke off funding for groups it said were behind the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story

U.S. authorities have ordered agents at airports, borders and ports to search all Yemeni nationals except those with diplomatic passports, in a security alert linked to suspicions of a plot involving bombs disguised as thermos bottles, CBS reported on Tuesday. Full Story

Dealing a blow to tough laws enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal judge on Tuesday threw out one of nine charges against the man accused of trying to blow up a transatlantic flight with bombs in his shoes. Full Story

The American accused of plotting a radioactive “dirty bomb” attack on the United States met repeatedly with top al Qaeda leaders after Sept. 11 to discuss a range of attack options, including blowing up hotels and gas stations, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Full Story

The man accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a “dirty bomb” inside the United States was a protege of a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden, traveling at his mentor`s request to meet with other terrorists and using the Internet to research how to build a radioactive weapon, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Full Story

Lawmakers questioned the exclusion of the FBI and CIA from direct lines of authority under a new Homeland Security Department as the House opened hearings into President Bush`s anti-terrorism reorganization plan. Full Story

White House counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke underwent almost five hours of questioning Tuesday as the leadoff witness in the secret congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story

Security for cargo carried on passenger planes is “easily circumvented,” the Transportation Department`s inspector general has warned in a draft report that has yet to be made public. Full Story

Israeli troops Tuesday arrested a top member of the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the West Bank town of Ramallah, a statement from the group said. An Israeli army force raided Abdel Rahim Malouh`s house and arrested him, the statement said. Full Story

Of all the items found in the jungle after the Philippine rescue mission Friday that freed one American hostage and left another dead — rifles, ammunition, backpacks, cellular phones — it was the sunglasses that caught the attention of Philippine troops. Full Story

Abu Sayyaf terrorists, who are being pursued by troopers in at least three areas in Western Mindanao after they lost the last of their captives over the weekend, may seize new hostages in a bid to slow down the search and destroy operations against them, the military warned yesterday. Full Story

The Abu Sayyaf rebels are more familiar with jungle warfare which the US forces won`t be able to match, say analysts Full Story

Despite legal and police efforts during the past few years, kidnappings for ransom continue to ravage Central America, where kidnapping rings operate without regard for national boundaries and, according to the suspicions of some regional observers, have ties in government security organizations. Full Story

The Hema tribe in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claimed on Monday that the rival Lendu ethnic group had killed almost 1,500 of its members in clashes since April. Full Story

German authorities are balking at handing over evidence to assist in the prosecution in the United States of the alleged 20th hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui, because he could face the death penalty if convicted of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks, according to officials here. Full Story

A prominent Kashmiri guerrilla group vowed Monday to press ahead with the armed struggle against India, despite Pakistan`s pledge that it would keep the insurgents from crossing the border to launch attacks. Full Story

Police in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, have called for increased vigilance, saying more bombings are likely following Sunday`s blast which injured five people. Full Story

At least nine people are reported to have been injured when a suspected suicide bomber targeted a restaurant in the Israeli city of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv. Full Story

Moroccan police arrested three Saudi nationals who were allegedly planning attacks against U.S. and British war ships in the Strait of Gibraltar, key government officials said Monday. Full Story

The decision by the Pakistani leader General Musharraf to restrict the passage of militants across the line of control in Kashmir has angered the groups involved. A declaration by the Pakistan Afghan Defence Committee – an organisation grouping some of the leading Islamic parties and Pakistan-based militant organisations – insists that Kashmiri people do not…

Most Sri Lankan`s were excitedly awaiting the month of June when the government and Tamil Tiger rebels were expected to sit together, face to face, for the first time in seven years and negotiate an end to the country`s protracted war. Full Story

Investigators found traces of nerve agents and mustard gas at a U.S. base in Uzbekistan and are investigating whether any of the thousands of troops who have passed through were exposed, U.S. military officials said today. Full Story

The next terrorist attack on the United States could send water from dams crashing through population centers, trap millions of commuters in paralyzed transportation systems, send airplanes on collision courses or stall food shipments miles away from starving cities — all from the push of a button on a cheap personal computer. Full Story

White House cybersecurity chief Richard Clarke said today that a plan to reshuffle the federal government`s cybercrime agencies into a new cabinet-level homeland security department will improve federal coordination with the private sector. Full Story

Political, industry and academic leaders yesterday stressed the need for cooperation in order to prevent domestic and international attacks on the nation`s information networks. Full Story

At 1400 local time on 6 June, Beijing Ruixing global virus supervision centre intercepted a domestic-made e-mail virus. They temporarily named it “Chinese Hacker”. According to the anti-virus engineer from Ruixing, the creator of the virus is very intelligent and the functionality of the virus is also very crafty. The virus not only is very…

The Defence Ministry is commissioning a secure network infrastructure for its use and for the armed forces to safeguard information from unauthorised access. Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the ministry was also setting up a cyber-warfare centre which would look at protective and offensive operations over cyberspace. Full Story

Most computer attacks come from the outside. But the costliest ones come from the inside. Here`s how to manage the risk without making honest employees feel like crooks. Full Story

Super-secure additions to the Linux operating system are inching closer to the mainstream. Developers have turned Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a prototype created in part by the National Security Agency, into a module that operates almost seamlessly on the Linux operating system. Full Story

An audit by the Defense Department`s inspector general found that the Army`s publicly accessible Web sites contained “inappropriate information” and recommends numerous steps the service should take to remedy the situation. Full Story

Egyptian Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s. Close partner of Bin Ladin`s al-Qaida organization. Suffered setbacks as a result of numerous arrests of operatives worldwide, most recently in Lebanon and Yemen. Primary goals are to overthrow the Egyptian Government and replace it with an Islamic state and attack US and Israeli interests in…

Cybershock: Surviving Hackers, Phreakers, Identity Thieves, Internet Terrorists and Weapons of Mass Disruption by Winn Schwartau is an enlightening look at the dangers of the Internet from a consumer/ general user perspective. If I had one book to give friends and family that demonstrates the types of threats they need to be aware of in…

06/11/1970Libya – U.S. Bases Turned Over. Also known as Evacuation Day. 06/12/1898Philippines – Independence (from Spain) Day 06/12/1986South Africa – Second State of Emergency Full Story and More Dates

Attorney General John Ashcroft on Monday said U.S. authorities had captured an American al Qaeda operative and prevented an attack on the United States with a radioactive dirty bomb. Full Story

In the days and months following Sept. 11, helicopters hovered more intently than usual over New York City`s docks and bridges – and, in Washington, over the Capitol and White House. They looked like ordinary helicopters, but inside them scientists from the national nuclear-weapons laboratories were scanning the landscape with invisible beams that they hoped…

“Dirty bombs” may not wreak destruction like a full-fledged atomic weapon, but can cause panic and enormous economic damage. Full Story

The US-led crackdown on terrorist funding is being undermined by a lack of co-operation in the international financial community, secret talks between the world`s top financial investigators have concluded. Full Story

A statement claiming to be from al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman bu Ghaith has warned the United States it would face more attacks, which could involve non-conventional weapons. Full Story

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Sunday al Qaeda operatives remain active all over the world including the United States, underlining the need for a new U.S. cabinet department to oversee domestic security. Full Story

The U.S. Coast Guard told its units over the weekend to be on the lookout for possible acts of terrorism targeting the nation`s ports, bays, rivers and shores. Full Story

The FBI and the Justice Department are investigating a whistle-blower`s allegations of security lapses in the translator program that has played an important role in interpreting interviews and intercepts of Osama bin Laden`s network since Sept. 11, officials said. Full Story

The Bush administration is drafting a formal military policy that supports preemptive attacks against terrorists and hostile states with weapons of mass destruction, The Washington Post said in Monday editions. Full Story